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August 1st 03, 01:37 PM
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Epox 8K7A+ Northbridge mod gone wrong - help please
The northbridge fan on this motherboard became very noisy and after a look
arounf the newsgroups I found that lots of people have had similar problems. Some of them have removed the fans and successfully replaced them with a heatsink. We bought a Zalman Norhtbridge heatsink. My son (who has some previous experience with building PC's) has fitted it this morning but I think something has gone wrong! He removed the fan and installed the heatsink with the adhesive as instructed. But when he reboots the computer the motherboard "screams". He says it sounds just like someone screaming! The boot indicator lights say FF (boot attempt). He has a remperature probe in his case and says that neither the CPU nor the Northbridge appear to be getting hotter than usual. Is the Mobo trashed or is there something we can do? Kath 
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August 1st 03, 04:00 PM
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is there a 'no fan' warning for the Northbridge?
"Kath Stennett" wrote in message ... The northbridge fan on this motherboard became very noisy and after a look arounf the newsgroups I found that lots of people have had similar problems. Some of them have removed the fans and successfully replaced them with a heatsink. We bought a Zalman Norhtbridge heatsink. My son (who has some previous experience with building PC's) has fitted it this morning but I think something has gone wrong! He removed the fan and installed the heatsink with the adhesive as instructed. But when he reboots the computer the motherboard "screams". He says it sounds just like someone screaming! The boot indicator lights say FF (boot attempt). He has a remperature probe in his case and says that neither the CPU nor the Northbridge appear to be getting hotter than usual. Is the Mobo trashed or is there something we can do? Kath
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August 1st 03, 10:02 PM
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Yes, all back together OK I think ... I've had a look myself now too. And
we've checked the BIOS but theres no sign of a 'no fan' warning there. Thanks anyway but I think its a goner! Oh well the fan was unbearbaluy noisy so we had to try something ... new mobo now I guess Kath "JAD" wrote in message arthlink.net... is there a 'no fan' warning for the Northbridge? "Kath Stennett" wrote in message ... The northbridge fan on this motherboard became very noisy and after a look arounf the newsgroups I found that lots of people have had similar problems. Some of them have removed the fans and successfully replaced them with a heatsink. We bought a Zalman Norhtbridge heatsink. My son (who has some previous experience with building PC's) has fitted it this morning but I think something has gone wrong! He removed the fan and installed the heatsink with the adhesive as instructed. But when he reboots the computer the motherboard "screams". He says it sounds just like someone screaming! The boot indicator lights say FF (boot attempt). He has a remperature probe in his case and says that neither the CPU nor the Northbridge appear to be getting hotter than usual. Is the Mobo trashed or is there something we can do? Kath
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August 1st 03, 10:05 PM
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Kath Stennett wrote:
Yes, all back together OK I think ... I've had a look myself now too. And we've checked the BIOS but theres no sign of a 'no fan' warning there. Thanks anyway but I think its a goner! Oh well the fan was unbearbaluy noisy so we had to try something ... new mobo now I guess Is it the case speaker making the noise, or something else? Kath "JAD" wrote in message arthlink.net... is there a 'no fan' warning for the Northbridge? "Kath Stennett" wrote in message ... The northbridge fan on this motherboard became very noisy and after a look arounf the newsgroups I found that lots of people have had similar problems. Some of them have removed the fans and successfully replaced them with a heatsink. We bought a Zalman Norhtbridge heatsink. My son (who has some previous experience with building PC's) has fitted it this morning but I think something has gone wrong! He removed the fan and installed the heatsink with the adhesive as instructed. But when he reboots the computer the motherboard "screams". He says it sounds just like someone screaming! The boot indicator lights say FF (boot attempt). He has a remperature probe in his case and says that neither the CPU nor the Northbridge appear to be getting hotter than usual. Is the Mobo trashed or is there something we can do? Kath -- Are you registered as a bone marrow donor? You regenerate what you donate. You are offered the chance to donate only if you match a person on the recipient list. Call your local Red Cross and ask about registering to be a bone marrow donor. spam trap: replace shyah_right! with hotmail when replying
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#5
August 2nd 03, 01:59 AM
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No, Definately the Mobo, i powered it up with nothing and, i do mean
nothing, connected and it gave the same beep code etc, whereas it should have given the no processor code... "spodosaurus" wrote in message ... Kath Stennett wrote: Yes, all back together OK I think ... I've had a look myself now too. And we've checked the BIOS but theres no sign of a 'no fan' warning there. Thanks anyway but I think its a goner! Oh well the fan was unbearbaluy noisy so we had to try something ... new mobo now I guess Is it the case speaker making the noise, or something else? Kath "JAD" wrote in message arthlink.net... is there a 'no fan' warning for the Northbridge? "Kath Stennett" wrote in message ... The northbridge fan on this motherboard became very noisy and after a look arounf the newsgroups I found that lots of people have had similar problems. Some of them have removed the fans and successfully replaced them with a heatsink. We bought a Zalman Norhtbridge heatsink. My son (who has some previous experience with building PC's) has fitted it this morning but I think something has gone wrong! He removed the fan and installed the heatsink with the adhesive as instructed. But when he reboots the computer the motherboard "screams". He says it sounds just like someone screaming! The boot indicator lights say FF (boot attempt). He has a remperature probe in his case and says that neither the CPU nor the Northbridge appear to be getting hotter than usual. Is the Mobo trashed or is there something we can do? Kath -- Are you registered as a bone marrow donor? You regenerate what you donate. You are offered the chance to donate only if you match a person on the recipient list. Call your local Red Cross and ask about registering to be a bone marrow donor. spam trap: replace shyah_right! with hotmail when replying
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#6
August 2nd 03, 05:31 AM
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Wow! I replaced my NB fan, and its been fine since. (I located a bunch of
small fans and have several.) -- Zyp "Kath Stennett" wrote in message .. . No, Definately the Mobo, i powered it up with nothing and, i do mean nothing, connected and it gave the same beep code etc, whereas it should have given the no processor code... "spodosaurus" wrote in message ... Kath Stennett wrote: Yes, all back together OK I think ... I've had a look myself now too. And we've checked the BIOS but theres no sign of a 'no fan' warning there. Thanks anyway but I think its a goner! Oh well the fan was unbearbaluy noisy so we had to try something ... new mobo now I guess Is it the case speaker making the noise, or something else? Kath "JAD" wrote in message arthlink.net... is there a 'no fan' warning for the Northbridge? "Kath Stennett" wrote in message ... The northbridge fan on this motherboard became very noisy and after a look arounf the newsgroups I found that lots of people have had similar problems. Some of them have removed the fans and successfully replaced them with a heatsink. We bought a Zalman Norhtbridge heatsink. My son (who has some previous experience with building PC's) has fitted it this morning but I think something has gone wrong! He removed the fan and installed the heatsink with the adhesive as instructed. But when he reboots the computer the motherboard "screams". He says it sounds just like someone screaming! The boot indicator lights say FF (boot attempt). He has a remperature probe in his case and says that neither the CPU nor the Northbridge appear to be getting hotter than usual. Is the Mobo trashed or is there something we can do? Kath -- Are you registered as a bone marrow donor? You regenerate what you donate. You are offered the chance to donate only if you match a person on the recipient list. Call your local Red Cross and ask about registering to be a bone marrow donor. spam trap: replace shyah_right! with hotmail when replying
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